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Corridors of natural vegetation are essential in plantations if biodiversity is to survive. Photo: File

How plantations work towards ecological balance

Timber production is important for South Africa but it covers huge swaths of land. The movement of species is assisted through the creation of corridors between the plantations

The theme for World Wildlife Day on 3 March is ‘Connecting people and planet: Exploring digital innovation in wildlife conservation’. (Photo by: Mark Conlin/VW PICS/UIG via Getty Image)

Use of wild species should benefit people but how to achieve sustainable, safe and legal use is unclear

The theme for World Wildlife Day on 3 March is ‘Connecting people and planet: Exploring digital innovation in wildlife conservation’

Purifying: Children play in the grounds of the Badi Masjid on the banks of the River Ganges during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Prophet speaks of not wasting or polluting water and the importance of sharing it. Photo: Sanjay Kanojia/Getty Images

Every Muslim must look after the Earth

There is a duty to show kindness, preserve life, care for the natural environment and not waste water

Some argue trophy hunting helps conservation and communities, others believe it is a ‘hobby for the rich that benefits the rich’ and is detrimental to both. (Photo by Martin Schutt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The economics of trophy hunting

Some argue trophy hunting helps conservation and communities, others believe it is a ‘hobby for the rich that benefits the rich’ and is detrimental to both

Threats: Kenya burnt ivory in 2016 , and the country wants the non-commercial disposal of ivory stockpiles. (Kenya Wildlife Service)

What to expect from this year’s wildlife conference in Panama

Southern African countries push to resume ivory trade in government stockpiles, while other African proposals seek to protect hippos

Diversity: Giant tortoises on Galápagos Islands of Ecuador are under scientific scrutiny since scientists found they may have misnamed one of them. (Michael Nolan/Robert Harding Premium/AFP)

New giant tortoise species found on Galápagos after DNA study

Researchers compared the genetic material of tortoises living on San Cristóbal with bones and shells collected in 1906 from a cave in the island’s highlands and found them to be…

Carbon pollution: Ocean surface climates — its surface temperature, acidity and mineral concentration — are being changed by increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide. (Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Ocean climate changes a threat to sea life

The world’s seas have absorbed about a third of all carbon pollution produced since the Industrial Revolution